MAY 30-31, 2019RIGA, LATVIA

INTERNATIONAL HAPPENINGOF URBAN PLANNING

Consider this a happening, a sparkling and flavourful event for urban developers, planners, thinkers, bankers, bikers, artists and IT guys. Quality interactions, active networking, constant challenging and questioning, different future visions, relaxing and having fun.

A two-day long international happening (a non-conference) dedicated to unusual ideas for the future development of cities will take place in two unique venues in Riga – Railway Museum (May 30th) and the floating venue ‘BETANOVUSS’ (May 31st).

First day shaped around lectures and pitches by world-class experts + panel discussions about different visions of development with speed-dating elements.

Second day designed as a full-on urban planning hackathon for the left-bank area around university campuses and its micro-mobility.

KNOWLEDGE & THE CITY

Boosted by:

MAY 30th

10:00 – 10:30 Lampreys & start-up cocktails, chit-chat

11:00 – 12:00 Registration

Lielais Kristaps statue at 11 Novembra krastmala, Daugava river bank, Riga

Latvian Railway History Museum (Railway Museum), 2a Uzvaras bulvaris, Riga

12:05 – 14:00 Lectures & discussions

14:00 – 15:00 Lunch & hackathon team formation

KNOWLEDGE & THE CITY

12:00 – 12:05 Welcome pitch and safety instructions byNeils Balgalis (G93, Riga, Latvia)

INNOVATION DISTRICTS

What are relationships between infrastructures, networks andsystems of the city and what are their impacts on social structures?How the knowledge is located, created and distributed?How to connect silo-working academics with entrepreneurial spirit?

• Spin-Collide-Grow: Cities and innovation / Jonathan Kendall (London, UK. Fletcher Priest Architects)

• Tokyo and knowledge – last 300 meters / Taichi Goto (Fukuoka, Japan. Region Works LLC)

• Compression and Limits in Hong Kong – the Dark Side of the Smart and Compact / Gerhard Bruyns (Hong Kong (China). Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

• Innovation districts and Riga / Daunis Auers (Riga, Latvia. University of Latvia. Certus)

• Big projects and small steps – how to dream the dream of Left bank / Viesturs Celmiņš (Riga, Latvia. Antropologist)

• Public Space for Social Innovation / Michail Galanakis (Helsinki, Finland. Aalto University)

METAMORPHOSIS by Anda Ikauniece (Riga, Latvia. Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology)

17:00 – 17:30 Coffee break

15:00 – 17:00 Lectures & discussions

Knowledge stories andwarm-up to hackathon

17:30 – 19:30

MICRO-MOBILITY as a New City Connector — Pros and Cons

Micro-mobility together with car sharing and strong publictransportation network, is forming the grounds for mobilityas a service (MAAS). A transformation which creates new valuesfor retail market? How quickly micro-mobility could be adopted?What infrastructure changes are needed? Mobility pointsor mobility hubs? How will the last mile travel change?How will it affect cities, nations, work and urbanization?

• Car sharing for all – government fleets, social inclusion and business / Jeffrey Matthijs (Brussels, Belgium. Autodelen.net) featuring Angelo Meuleman (Ghent, Belgium. Shared Mobility expert. Taxistop)

• New Mobility as a Change Agent – impacts on real estate markets and the shape of our cities / Philippe Crist (Paris, France. International Transport Forum, OECD)

• Are we there yet – lessons learned from car sharing in Latvia / Vladimirs Reskājs (Riga, Latvia. Car Guru)

• Is Riga ready for electric scooter waves? / Arturs Burņins (Riga, Latvia. ATOM)

• A new scent in the city's bouquet / Mariska Slots (Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Municipality of Eindhoven)

DAUGAVA LEFT BANK —Knowledge Generator — and what is my part in it?

• Stakeholders stories about the envisioned future ‒ start-up style 3-minute sales pitches by academics, developers, locals and Daugava beavers (stakeholder list on the last page)

• The friendship story of Latvijas Dzelzceļš and Rail Baltica. 20 minutes from each office, apartment or auditorium to the Riga airport ‒ joint train stop in Tornakalns featuring RB Rail AS, VAS Latvijas dzelzceļš, SIA Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas, AS Pasažieru vilciens

MAY 31st

Participants take part in a race of ideas.Lunch included

18:00 – ... Awards ceremony and block party

Warm-up exercise

Urban planning hackathon will be an all-day intense collaborativework where teams of MadCity participants will generate ideas forthe left-bank area around university campuses and its micro-mobility

09:00 – 16:00

Three-part idea play-off:jury, participants & locals, internet voting

16:00 – 18:00

An urban planning competition in the spirit of hackathon is a designsprint-like event. Focused and intense diving into the problem.

HACKATHON

Floating gallery ‘BETANOVUSS’, AB dam

Riga, knowledge and start-ups – what to do?10:00 – 12:00

Round table discussion “Cyclists-Fascistsagainst Car-Rednex with Angry Pedestrian participation”12:00 – 14:00

Round table discussion“Concert Hall on AB Dam – pros and cons”

14:00 – 16:00

Floating gallery ‘BETANOVUSS’, AB dam

Parallel activities “Friday ‒ MadCity Dialogue Day”

A public discussion jointly organized with SATORI.LV.Three Experts FOR. Three Experts AGAINST

Goals of the discussion: to pay attention to Riga’s problem ‒disordered street space ‒ and to look for creative solutions

Jonathan Kendall (London, UK) will give a public lecture on cities andinnovation followed by Riga's hottest start-up presentations.Afterwards a discussion about Riga - do we need a special "sandbox"to play with ideas and the city?

08:30 – 09:00

National Library of Latvia, 3 Mukusalas street, Riga

Any questions?

Āgenskalna apkaimes biedrība / Agenskalns Neighborhood SocietyDānijas Karalistes vēstniecība / Royal Danish EmbassyG93Kantar TNS (TNS Latvia)Latvijas dzelzceļa vēstures muzejs (Dzelzceļa muzejs) /Latvian Railway History Museum (Railway Museum)Latvijas Dzelzceļš / Latvian RailwaysLatvijas Mobilais TelefonsLatvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka / National Library of Latvia Latvijas Universitāte / University of LatviaIepirkšanās centrs “Olimpia” / Olimpia shopping centrePreses NamsMicrosoft LatviaM.M.M. ProjektaiMūkusalas Biznesa CentrsMūkusalas MājaNīderlandes Karalistes vēstniecība /Embassy of the Kingdom of the NetherlandsPro Kapital Latvia JSCRīgas pilsētas arhitekta birojs / Office of the Riga City ArchitectRīgas Stradiņa universitāte / Riga Stradins UniversityRīgas Tehniskā universitāte / Riga Technical UniversityRTU Dizaina Fabrika / RTU Design FactoryBiznesa, mākslas un tehnoloģiju augstskola “RISEBA” /Riga International School of Economics and Businessand Business administration (RISEBA)Schneider Electric LatvijaTowers Construction Management (Z-Towers)Ziemeļvalstu Ministru padomes birojs Latvijā /Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in LatviaZiemeļu Dimensijas Kultūras partnerība /Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture

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